Dear Editor,
The structure in place at the Lethem Town Council is incapable of processing positive inputs to strengthen the weakened administrative system that was created in recent times.
The Lethem Town Council is operating on a shoestring basis, under financial strains and handicapped in its human resource capacity.
The interests of the workers are seriously neglected and compromised in the area of occupational safety and health, which contributes to counter-productive services to the citizenry of the Lethem municipality. Inappropriate and random decisions made frequently by the Town Clerk are allowed and puts the work force in an awkward position to function effectively, where the fear of expressing oneself is evident.
Not so long ago, I noticed workers from the Lethem Town Council, working tirelessly in the baking sun; putting in place booths and structures for security etc in preparation for the recent Lethem Town Week Celebration 2018.
Editor, I am privy to some information emanating from the labour force of the Lethem Town Council where workers are not being paid for their long hours of overtime, despite many promises made by the town clerk.
The Lethem Town Week Celebration has now become the biggest and longest event in Region Nine; without the input of labour from these workers, the Lethem Town Week celebrations could not have materialised.
This unjust treatment meted out to the workers of the Lethem Town Council is unacceptable and must not be allowed to go un-noticed for the second time round.
This situation warrants the attention of the relevant authorities.
Yours faithfully,
(Name and address supplied)
